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From: staff@cadlab.sublink.ORG (Alex Martelli)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: ex search & substitution question
Message-ID: <245@cadlab.sublink.ORG>
Date: 10 Aug 90 12:08:25 GMT
References: <3440001@hprnd.HP.COM> <26814@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
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new@ee.udel.edu (Darren New) writes:

>In article <3440001@hprnd.HP.COM> brent@hprnd.HP.COM (Brent McInnis) writes:
>>But to perform it on a *range* of lines (say, lines 10 thru 20), I
>>*want* to say
>>:10,20/^#[iut]55/s/55/71/

>Try 
>:10,20g/^#[iut]55/s/55/71/

>I think you can give a range to the g command to have it operate on the lines
>within the range that also match the pattern.       -- Darren

Or:
:10,20s/\(^#[iut]\)55/\171/

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